Improvement in ribbon-runners



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oORINNE YOUNG, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN RIBBON-RUNNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l65,970, dated July 27, 1875; application filed June 22, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORINNE YOUNG, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in instruments for placing ribbons in certain positions in garments for ladies and children, which I prefer to term a Magic Ribbon-Runner,77 and of which the following is a specification:

In the ornamentation of garments and fabrics with ribbons placed `under lace, em-

broidery, or other reticulated or open-Work' material, the ribbon has hitherto been sewed on the article in the requisite positions or patterns, and then covered With the lace or insertion, or other covering material, which has likewise required to be sewed.

The removal ot the ribbon to enable the garment to be washed, or for the purpose of substituting another color in harmony with other portions of the dress or trimmings, has involved the ripping and removal ot' the fastening of the lace or other cover, as well as of that of the ribbon; and when it became necessary to replace the work the sew` ing had all to be repeated.

'Ihe object of my Iinvention is to obviate the necessity for this ripping and resewing by making the dress, with the lace or other ornaments herein described, sewed or attached in such a Way that they may be combined with the ribbon, and the latter readily placed, removed, and replaced by means of the instrument I have invented.

To accomplish this purpose the lace or other material intended to cover the ribbon is sewed at the edges upon the dress or other article intended to be ornamcnted in such a manner that the ribbon may be subsequently introduced and laid smoothly under it by means of the instrument hereinafter described.- Openings are made at suitable points under the lace for the introduction of the ribbon, and also at the angles where they may be required by the pattern to change or adjust its positions.

By making these openings in the material of the garment itself, and inserting the ribbon from the under side, the continuity ofthe lace covering is preserved unbroken.

rIhe instrument by which the ribbon is inserted and laid smoothly in position required is the subject of my invention. It consists of two parts: first, a thin, skeleton triangle of the Width of the ribbon; and, second, a long, narrow piece ot' metal or other suitable material, which acts as a guide, and hooks over the triangle, and draws it, with the end of the ribbon sewed or otherwise secured to its base, into the position prepared for its reception. f f

The combination of these two parts constitutes my invention.

For very narrow ribbons the guide may be used alone by looping the end of the ribbon to its hook,-and there may be several triangles of width in a set to correspond with the A sizes oil ribbons usually employed. Y

Ilo enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my invention, I Will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawing.

The guide A has a smooth round point, b, at 011e end, and at the other a hook, c, which catches over the end d of the triangle E, to the opposite barfof which the ribbon may be temporarily attached. The triangles G and H are larger and smaller triangles, which may be used with the same guide for other sized ribbons.

When in use the guide A is hooked to the triangle, to the cross-bar f of which the ribbon is attached, and it is inserted With the end b foremost into 011e of the openings previously described in the dress or other article, and the ribbon is drawn with it smoothly into the position required.

By passing the end of the ribbon through one or more slotsl in the cross-barf it may be made to clamp itself and obviate the necessity for other fastening.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A ribbon-runner composed of guide-bar A, in combination with the triangle E, substantially as described, and for the purpose specitied.

CQRINN E YO UNG.

Witnesses:

EUGENE L. BUsHE, WM. KEMBLE HALL. 

